he insists on raising taxes. it's really his intransigence that endangered the 99%. >> the president is saying he's now willing to do what the republicans asked in 2001, 2003, make the bush tax cuts permanent. he's saying yes, the democrats have agreed. they say they will be permanent. no tax increases for 99%, for people making under $450,000 a year. those will be permanent tax cuts. you support that, but because 1% are going to have to pay a little more, they're going to go from 35% to 39.6% if you're making more than $450,000 a year, you're willing to see all those millions of middle class families suffer. >> actually, if it were only that bill, just protecting the 99%, well, i want to protect 100%. i would vote for a bill that protected 99%. heck, i'd probably vote for a bill that protected 80% because i want to protect anybody from big government, but the thing is it's not just that. they're heaping on new spending. not only are they raising taxes, maybe on a small percentage of people, but a large amount of